Muslim parties express shock at Sunni Waqf Board withdrawing claim

Muslim parties in Ayodhya land dispute case on Friday issued a statement expressing shock over reports suggesting that Sunni Waqf Board was withdrawing from case.  vocate Eijaz Maqbool, who represented key Muslim litigant M Siddiq in Ayodhya land dispute, said all Muslim parties, except Sunni Waqf Board, have rejected settlement as main Hindu parties to dispute were t part of mediation process and its purported settlement. Muslim parties, except Sunni Waqf Board, issued a clarificatory statement to say y don't accept Supreme Court-appointed mediation panel's proposal on purported settlement to amicably resolve Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid land dispute.

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Muslim parties express shock

On October 16, when a five-judge Constitution bench heed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi reserved its verdict in case after 40-days of hearing, mediation panel's report was also reportedly submitted to court.  three-member mediation panel is heed by former apex court judge Justice F M I Kalifulla. According to sources close to mediation panel, report filed in a sealed cover is a "sort of a settlement" between Hindu and Muslim parties. sources said Sunni Waqf Board, Nirvani Akha, Nirmohi Akha, Ram Janmabhoomi Punruddhar Samiti and some or Hindu parties are in favour of settling contentious land dispute. It was also purportedly said Sunni Waqf Board was willing to withdraw lawsuit as part of compromise formula. 

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Mediation panel on Ayodhya case

On September 16, a fresh plea was me by a Hindu and a Muslim party seeking resumption of mediation process for amicable settlement of land dispute in Ayodhya by mediation panel. top court Wednesday reserved its verdict in title dispute after a marathon hearing of 40 days. Fourteen appeals have been filed in apex court against 2010 Allahab High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya is partitioned equally among three parties -- Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. On December 6, 1992, Babri Masjid, constructed at disputed site in 16th century by Shia Muslim Mir Baqi, was demolished.

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Judgement on vember 17

judgment in matter is to be prounced by vember 17, day Chief Justice of India will demit office. apex court h on August 6, commenced day-to-day proceedings in case as mediation proceedings initiated to find amicable resolution h failed. Bench h taken te of report of three-member panel, comprising Justice FMI Kallifulla, spiritual guru and founder of Art of Living Foundation Sri Sri Ravishankar and senior vocate and rewned mediator Sriram Panchu, that mediation proceedings, which went on for about four months, did t result in any final settlement and it h to decide matter pending before it.

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